I teach a traditional Japanese style of Reiki with an emphasis on learning to form and increase your connection to spiritual energy, learning and applying the Reiki principles, and learning the elements of healing yourself and others. Traditional Japanese Reiki seeks to recreate as closely as possible what Reiki Founder Mikao Usui taught, strives to approach Reiki from a culturally Japanese perspective, and focuses on healing the mind/spirit first so that the body becomes healthy naturally. If you are interested in learning to connect with and use Reiki for healing and spiritual growth, these classes are for you! Please contact me or subscribe to my newsletter if you are interested in learning more about upcoming Reiki classes.

I am a member of Shibumi International Reiki Association and uphold the Vision, Mission and Philosophy of Shibumi. I also uphold the Reiki Treatment Codes of Practice and the Reiki Course Codes of Practice.

What People Are Saying

“Absolutely exceptional! I highly recommend to everyone interested in learning Reiki. I always knew there was more to Reiki, but Joy is the first one who has been in the space to share the deeper levels of this great wisdom practice with me. Thank you Joy!!” – Annie

“Joy’s Level I & II combined Reiki class - and Reiki in general - has been nothing short of transformative for me both spiritually and physically. The 6-month format of the class allowed me to receive consistent guidance and professional hands-on instruction to fully develop into an effective Reiki practitioner. I am so happy to bring healing and relaxation to my friends and family now with Reiki! Thanks for a great class!” – Eva

Traditional Japanese Reiki

I teach Usui Reiki Ryôhô Traditional Japanese Reiki through the International House of Reiki lineage. URR is based on the five pillars of the system of Reiki: the precepts, hands-on healing, meditations and techniques, the symbols and mantras, and attunements and reiju (the spiritual blessing). The International House of Reiki emphasizes reproducing as closely as possible the teachings of Reiki Ryôhô founder Mikao Usui, understanding the Japanese philosophies that underlie and inform the system, and developing a daily personal practice to continually strengthen and refine your energy.

Better Integrate and Experience the Mysteries of Reiki

My URR classes are designed to spread out Reiki instruction over time for better understanding and integration of the information, to provide an environment of ongoing support, and to most effectively help you in establishing your regular spiritual practice. Unlike classes in Western Reiki or those taught by a traveling teacher where all the training is done in a compressed amount of time over one or two days, this in-depth and slowed-down approach allows you to fully experience the art of Reiki through a subtle unfolding of its mysteries.

You will receive reiju (the Reiki blessing and energetic initiation) at every class. The class is approximately 50% sharing of information through lecture and Q&A and 50% practice of meditations and healing techniques.

Support and Follow-up in Your Practice

Support and follow-up in your practice is offered through the Denver Traditional Reiki Meetup monthly open Reiki Shares practice group and a private monthly meditation group exclusively for my students and my students’ students. Both these groups are offered on a donation basis and are to provide community with other Reiki practitioners and an opportunity to practice the healing and spiritual techniques of Reiki. Also, any student can re-sit a Reiki class they’ve previously taken with me for a nominal fee.

Levels 1 and 2: Shoden-Okuden Combined Class

48 hours of instruction and practice

When: Wednesdays, Mar 2-Aug 17, 2016, 6:30-8:30 p.m. We meet the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Wednesday of the month, plus the first, third, or fourth Sunday of the month for Reiki Shares. Please see the syllabus for details.

Prerequisite: Attendance at one or more Reiki Shares events, or any public talk I do on Reiki, or approval of the instructor.

Best deal: Pay in full in advance and receive a 1-hour Reiki session with me, free!

Next class: TBD

Shoden, First Teachings

Reiki Level 1 is for anyone who wishes to achieve health and happiness through a simple daily practice. You will learn to bring balance and equanimity to your daily life, increase your personal energy, develop your spirituality, and help yourself and others find healing of mind and body.

Okuden, Hidden Teachings

Reiki Level 2 is for those Reiki practitioners who are interested in deepening their connection to the Reiki energy and/or who wish to work professionally as a Reiki practitioner, or add Reiki to their holistic practice.

Learn the traditional Japanese meanings of the symbols

Experience how the symbols relate to the three primary energy centers

Practice jumon chanting, a Japanese form of mantra meditation

Increase your intuition during your healing sessions

Learn at least seven different techniques for distance healing (although you might choose not to use any of them once you have the experience of being beyond time and space, in the place of unity, where distance is an illusion!)

Shinpiden, Mystery Teachings

Reiki Level 3 is for those who wish to make a commitment to their ongoing personal and spiritual development. Shinpiden students desire to understand Reiki on a deeper, more philosophical and spiritual level. Level 3 is also for those who desire to share their passion for Reiki by becoming a Reiki Teacher.

Review the history of Reiki

Review the similarities and differences between Western and Japanese lineages

Engage in a more profound experience of the Reiki precepts

Practice the Reiki meditation techniques

Discuss ways to deepen your personal practice

Learn reiju, the Reiki blessing

Learn the fourth Reiki symbol and its traditional Japanese meaning

Learn to perform the initiations (also called attunements) to assist others to increase their natural connection to the Reiki energy

Learn how to structure your own Reiki classes

Shinpiden means "mystery teachings." Course includes certificate and Levels 1, 2 and 3 handbooks for you to reproduce for use with your students.

A Keep it Simple System

When teaching hands-on healing techniques, Hyakuten Inamoto says, "Hands, surrender, smile." This is the basis for practicing Reiki in this traditional Japanese lineage. This "keep it simple" style of Reiki helps practitioners to improve mind and body to achieve and maintain optimal health, to live a healthy and peaceful daily life, and to strive on through daily practice to achieve Satori or Anshin Ritsumei, which is absolute inner peace, also called enlightenment.

Work Independently

Like the other Reiki classes I teach, this is a slowly unfolding practice. The primary difference logistically is that I will be offering this style of Reiki as a weekend class that meets two consecutive Saturdays to make it more accessible for people with busy schedules. There are certain requirements and homework determined by Komyo Reiki Kai standards that must be completed after the class is over before you can receive your certificate--this makes it easy for you to practice on your own in your own time.

This is not a fast-track Reiki system—it can take years to become a Komyo Reiki Kai Shihan (teacher). But the rewards are immense as you are able to work independently, join with a community of students, qualify for discounted training, and re-sit classes to learn and see anew from your perpetually increasing level of understanding.

Komyo Reiki is taught in four levels: Shoden, Chuden, Okuden, and Shinpiden.

Support and Follow-up in Your Practice

Support and follow-up in your practice is offered through the Denver Traditional Reiki Meetup monthly open Reiki Shares practice group and a private monthly meditation group exclusively for my students and my students’ students. Both these groups are offered on a donation basis and are to provide community with other Reiki practitioners and an opportunity to practice the healing and spiritual techniques of Reiki. Also, any student can re-sit a Reiki class they’ve previously taken with me for a nominal fee.

Prerequisite: Suggested prerequisite is attendance at one or more Reiki Shares events, any public talk I do on Reiki, or approval of the instructor.

Next class: TBD

Self-healing, Health and Happiness

Shoden means “first or beginning teaching.” The focus in the Shoden Degree is on self-healing, health and happiness. Students should gain a basic knowledge of Reiki Ryôhô and its history and learn the fundamentals of the hands-on healing practice. Emphasis is placed on learning non-attachment through hands-on practice, self-healing, self-improvement methods, and contemplation of the Komyo Reiki Kai motto, “Go placidly in the midst of praise or blame.” Class is taught over two days and four reiju are given.

Definition, discussion, and explanation of Reiki and Reiki Ryôhô

The verifiable history of Usui Reiki Ryôhô

Introduction to and discussion on the gokai, the Reiki principles and precepts

Enhance Your Energy with the Reiki Symbols

Chuden means ‘middle’ or ‘intermediate’ teaching. The focus of Chuden is on helping others through distant healing and to help the student become more aware of the concept of non-duality and of their connection to and impact upon the world around them. This is achieved through practice in the use of shirushi (symbols) and jumon (mantras). This practice can enable the student to enhance their own energy levels and sensitivity. Three shirushi (symbols) are given and additional Japanese techniques are taught. Class is taught in two days and students receive four reiju.

3. Okuden

Prerequisite: Certification in Komyo Reiki Kai Chuden degree and a minimum practice period of 6 months using Chuden distant Reiki and Traditional Japanese techniques.

Heal with Spiritual Hands

Okuden means ‘deeper knowledge’ or ‘inner most.’ The focus of this degree is on the spiritual practice of Reiki Ryôhô. It is intended for Teacher candidates and/or Reiki practitioners who want to deepen their understanding of Reiki Ryôhô and develop their inner growth. Students will explore the inner teachings of Reiki Ryôhô through spiritual cultivation and upliftment, and begin to tread on a spiritual path to “Anshin ritsumei” or Satori (enlightenment). The fourth and final shirushi (symbol) is given along with instructions in its use and meaning.

Course includes certificate and Level 3 handbook.

4. Shinpiden

When: KRK Shinpiden is offered on an individual basis for those who have completed prerequisite training.

Prerequisite: Certification in Komyo Reiki Kai Okuden degree and a minimum practice period of one year using Okuden techniques. Written essay on the topic of why you wish to become a Shihan. Successful completion of a written and practical examination.

Sharing the Way

Shinpiden, or ‘Mystery Teachings,’ is the Teacher Level. It is known in the West as the Master, or sometimes Master-Teacher, Level or Degree. The focus of the Shinpiden level is on sharing the way. After training is completed, the student has the knowledge and experience necessary in order to teach all four degrees and give reiju (attunements) and training in all levels. No reiju is given to the student for this degree.

Once training has begun, the student enters an apprenticeship program. The student is expected to participate in frequent Reiki gatherings held by the Shihan and is required to provide proof of re-sitting in on a minimum of 2 classes for each Komyo Reiki level as a review and reinforcement of the teachings.

Daiseishi Bosatsu achieved enlightenment, but then rather than staying in the state of nirvana, he returned to this world to help relieve suffering. He vowed to awaken the Buddha nature in all beings through the vigor of his great wisdom. He illuminates all with the light of his wisdom, destroying the worlds of illusion and causing all beings to proceed towards enlightenment.

Daiseishi Bosatsu Reiki is an Usui Shiki Ryôhô, which is to say a healing method in the style of Usui-sensei. Inspired by Daiseishi’s call to awaken all beings and Usui-sensei’s promise to release this method to the public for everyone's benefit and happiness, I developed Daiseishi Bosatsu Reiki as an easily available and highly accessible introduction to the practice of Reiki Ryôhô.

Daiseishi Bosatsu Reiki teaches the worth of connecting to the culture, philosophy and wisdom of the Japanese lineage, the value of receiving the energy, understanding and wisdom of the teacher, and the invaluable profit of personal practice: awakening the inner wisdom of the self.

This six class series is for anyone who is curious about Reiki and wants to learn the basics of awakening your spiritual nature for the purpose of achieving health and happiness. This class is also for those who wish to deepen their existing healing practice with the spiritual techniques found in Traditional Japanese Reiki. Each class will teach both the Western and traditional Japanese viewpoints for comparison—so it will also be a great way for people already trained in one system of Reiki to learn the basics of the other system.

Reiju (the Reiki blessing and energetic initiation) is offered at each class. Reiju will be performed by either myself or one of my students who has completed Shinpiden (teacher level) with me.

Course curriculum includes:

The History and Principles of Reiki

Basic Reiki Meditations

Hands-on Healing

The Energy Systems of the Body

Awakening the Buddha Nature

Reiki Shares Practice Group

Complete all six classes to receive your Usui Shiki Ryôhô/Daiseishi Bosatsu Reiki certificate. Handouts are provided for each class.

Support and follow-up in your practice is offered through the Denver Traditional Reiki Meetup monthly open Reiki Shares practice group, offered on a donation basis. Reiki Shares provides community with other Reiki practitioners and an opportunity to practice the healing and spiritual techniques of Reiki.

If after completing your certification in Usui Shiki Ryôhô/Daiseishi Bosatsu Reiki you wish to learn more about Reiki and further develop your spiritual practice, personal energy and healing techniques, please consider advancing to the Shoden classes I offer in Usui Reiki Ryôhô or Komyo Reiki.

The Denver Traditional Reiki Meetup's monthly Reiki Shares is an opportunity for you to experience the beauty that is Reiki, in a hands-on fashion. All are welcome to come to learn more about Reiki. Reiki practitioners are invited to come and share their gift. Reiki means "spiritual energy." This energy is channeled by the practitioner and naturally drawn in by the client. The Reiki energy will flow to where it is most needed, so that the client is empowered to allow healing to occur. See this group's Meetup page for the most current information.